Rebound-checking device for automobiles.



Patented Aug. 10, 1909.

MM: 3331* amid b14111 entire Y .STA'IjE Elicia FREDERICK MESINGER, or NEW YORK, N.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented Aug. 10, 1%(39.

Application filed ma 15, 1909. Serial No, 496,179.

To all whom it may concern: I

Bait known that I, FREDERICK MESINGER, a cltizen of theUnited States, residing at New York city, Bronx, county and State of New .York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rebound-Checking Devices for. Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

i This invention relates to a rebound check ing device for automobiles which\ may be readily applied and effectively inhibits the rebounding impetus imparted by the springs to the body when traveling o'ver uneven ground.

" .In the accompanying drawing: Figure; 1 is afront view, partly in section, of my improved rebound/checking device; Fig. 2 a

side" View thereof; 3 a perspective view by olt 15. Tliisbolt passes' tltreugh alined perforations} 16 bfgalam 13 and through a longitudinal slot-11 0f eep'er .14. The in-, ner edge of keeper ridgie-bent upward, as at 18,- to constitute -an--.abutm ent for eye 11. The 'outerendof keeper 14 extends laterallybeyond clamp. 13 and has an upwardly proecting flange 19 which engages the .web of the U-shaped body-frame 20, the bottom flange of which enters clamp 13 above keeper 14. The device is' applied by first adjusting I I ofwhich 'is rece1ved a kee r 14"Wlli6l1 isconnected 'to. clamp13 keeper 14 to frame 20 slipping clamp 13, carrying spring 10, over the keeper-and frame 20, and then connecting the parts by bolt 15. The lower eye 12 of spring 10 :is engaged by a doubled strap 21 which is also passed over the axle 22 of the running gear carrying the body springs 23. The ends of strap 21 are adjustably connected to each other by a buckle 24 and erforations 25. By means of this connection, the combined length of spring and strap may be pro )erly adjusted to correspondto the distance between frame 20 and axle 22.

It will be seen that my improved checking device may be readily fitted to the autom0- bile, and that it will serve to eflectively inhibit any rebounding action of the bodysprings.

I claim: I. A device of the character described, comprisinga coiled spring having an eye, a.

2. A device ,of the character described, 4

comprising a coiled'spring having upper and lower eyes, a LB-shaped clamp engaging the upper eye, a keeper extending into the clamp, a bolt engagingthe clamp and keeper, a strap engaging the lower eye, and means for ad .justably connecting the ends of the strap.-

Signed by Ine at New York city, (Man,-

hattan,) N. Y., this 13th day of May, 1909/ FREDERICK MESINGE-R.

, Witnesses-z AUGUST ERB,

- HERMAN ELs'rE. 

